Subway StoriesReal rides. Wild adventures.
A picture-book series · Toronto

Every ride home is a story.

Sometimes the ordinary ride home leads to an extraordinary adventure. Hop aboard with Nina, Theo and the grown-up across the aisle — and find out where the train goes next.

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Cover of Subway Stories Book 1: Sharks — Nina, Theo and a grown-up hurry along a subway platform as sharks swim past the train.

The line

    Meet the riders

    Regulars on every ride
    Nina, curly hair with red bobbles, in her yellow raincoat

    Nina

    Quiet and careful — until the moment she isn't. Eyes shut tight, then wide open.

    Theo, curly-haired, in a striped T-shirt, grinning

    Theo

    Nina's little brother. Notices every wibble and wobble first, and always ready to shout “My turn!”

    The storyteller, a grown-up with wild grey-and-brown curls

    The Storyteller

    Just a grown-up reading his newspaper on the way home. You won't believe what happened on the subway today…

    About the author

    Michael de Beer

    With five children, I spent many nights making up stories of what happened to me on my subway ride home, often with the help of the kids.